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Study reveals how serotonin receptors can shape drug effects from LSD to migraine medication

A team including scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has determined and analyzed the high-resolution ...

Medical research created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Structure of vital protein complex, G protein-coupled receptors, described in unprecedented detail

Three international teams of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California San Diego, University of Michigan and Stanford University, have published a trio of papers describing in unprecedented ...

Medical research created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover key to heart failure, new therapies on horizon

Some 5.8 million Americans suffer from heart failure, a currently incurable disease. But scientists at Temple University School of Medicine's (TUSM) Center for Translational Medicine have discovered a key biochemical step ...

Medical research created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cellular gatekeepers do more than open doors for drugs, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—The cellular gatekeepers that escort the most common pharmaceuticals into our cells continue to work within the cells as well, according to a UC San Francisco discovery that could transform drug design ...

Medical research created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists create molecular map to guide treatment of multiple sclerosis

A team of scientists from the Scripps Research Institute, collaborating with members of the drug discovery company Receptos, has created the first high-resolution virtual image of cellular structures called ...

Medical research created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers pave the way for improving treatment for Type 2 diabetes

In a study published last week in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, a team led by Dr. Vincent Poitout of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHU ...

Diabetes created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improving obesity-induced insulin sensitivity

In recent years, a growing body of evidence has linked inflammation to the development of insulin resistance. In insulin resistance, the hormone insulin is less effective in promoting glucose uptake from the bloodstream into ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rap1 plays role in smooth muscle cell vasoconstriction

(HealthDay) -- The Ras-related small GTPase, Rap1, couples to RhoA, and is involved in relocalization of G protein-coupled α2C-adrenoceptors (α2CARs) in smooth muscle cells derived from human de ...

Medical research created Aug 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists provide detailed view of brain protein structure: Results may help improve drugs for neurological disorders

Researchers have published the first highly detailed description of how neurotensin, a neuropeptide hormone which modulates nerve cell activity in the brain, interacts with its receptor. Their results suggest that neuropeptide ...

Medical research created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

G proteins regulate remodelling of blood vessels

Blood vessels are extremely dynamic: depending on the external conditions, they can adapt their permeability for nutrients, their contractility, and even their shape. Unlike cardiac muscle cells, for example, ...

Medical research created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast